homestyle

English

Etymology

home +‎ style

Adjective

homestyle (not comparable)

1. Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.
   • 1994, Vermont Life, volumes 49-50, page 7:

     Dish out lots of homecooked foods like pot roast, meat loaf, Maine beans and franks, homestyle fries, fish chowder and fresh-baked breads […]

   • 2007 October 31, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     LUNETTA The Manhattan outpost of the Smith Street, Brooklyn, restaurant, opened Monday in the former Mayrose space, with homestyle Italian cooking by Adam Shepard, who is also a partner: 920 Broadway (21st Street), (212) 533-3663.

See also

• house style